ceftriaxone
CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION
What’s on this leaflet
This leaflet solutions some widespread questions on CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS.
It doesn’t comprise the entire out there data. It doesn’t take the place of
speaking to your physician or pharmacist.
All medicines have advantages and dangers. Your physician has weighed the dangers of you taking
CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS in opposition to the advantages they count on it should have for you.
If in case you have any issues about taking this medication, ask your physician or pharmacist.
Hold this leaflet together with your medication.
You might must learn it once more.
What CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS is used for
CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS belongs to a bunch of antibiotics known as cephalosporins. These
antibiotics work by killing the micro organism which might be inflicting your an infection or by stopping
micro organism from rising.
CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS is used to deal with infections in several elements of the physique induced
by micro organism.
CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS can also be used to stop infections earlier than, throughout and after surgical procedure.
CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS is not going to work in opposition to infections brought on by viruses resembling colds
or the flu.
Ask your physician you probably have any questions on why CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS has been prescribed
for you.
Your physician might have prescribed CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS for one more cause.
This medication is offered solely with a health care provider’s prescription.
CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS will not be addictive.
Earlier than you’re given CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS
When you should not given it
Don’t use CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS if:
you have got had an allergic response to ceftriaxone, different cephalosporins or any of the
components listed on the finish of this leaflet
Among the signs of an allergic response might embrace extreme pores and skin rash, itching,
hives, dry pores and skin, swelling of the face, lips, mouth or throat which can trigger issue
in swallowing or respiratory, swelling of the arms, ft or ankles.
you have got had a critical allergic response to penicillins.
You’ll have an elevated probability of being allergic to CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS in case you are
allergic to penicillins.
In newborns, CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS shouldn’t be given in the event that they require (or are anticipated
to require) therapy with calcium containing intravenous options, together with parenteral
vitamin (intravenous vitamin).
CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS shouldn’t be given to preterm newborns or newborns with sure
liver problems.
In case you are unsure when you ought to begin utilizing CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS, contact your physician.
Earlier than you’re given it
Your physician should find out about the entire following earlier than you’re given CEFTRIAXONE
VIATRIS.
You need to inform your physician if:
1. you have got any sort of allergic response to penicillin medicines
You’ll have an elevated probability of being allergic to CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS in case you are
allergic to penicillins.
2. you have got had an allergy or over-reaction to lidocaine (lignocaine) or different anaesthetic
medicine
These substances could also be used to dissolve CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS earlier than administration.
3. you’re allergic to every other medicines or substances resembling meals, preservatives
or dyes
4. you have got or have ever had any medical situations together with:
kidney illness
bowel situations, e.g. irritation of the massive bowel
diarrhoea related to earlier use of antibiotics
earlier an infection of your gut with a micro organism known as Clostridium difficile.
5. you’re pregnant, intend to turn into pregnant, are breast feeding or plan to breast
feed
Your physician will talk about the dangers and advantages of utilizing CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS throughout
being pregnant or when breast feeding.
If in case you have not advised your physician about any of the above, inform them earlier than you’re
given CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS.
Taking different medicines
Inform your physician in case you are taking every other medicines together with any that you’ve got
purchased from a pharmacy, grocery store or well being meals store.
Some medicines, when taken with CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS, might intervene with one another.
These embrace:
chloramphenicol (Chloromycetin(R), Chlorsig(R))
fluconazole, a drugs used to deal with fungal infections
amsacrine, a drugs used to deal with most cancers
These medicines could also be affected by CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS, or might have an effect on how nicely it
works. You might must take completely different quantities of your medication, or chances are you’ll must
take completely different medicines altogether. Your physician will advise you.
Speak to you physician in regards to the want for an extra methodology of contraception whereas
utilizing CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS.
Some antibiotics might lower the effectiveness of some contraception capsules, though
this has not been proven with CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS.
Your physician and pharmacist have extra data on medicines to watch out with or
keep away from whereas being given CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS.
How CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS is given
CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS might be given in two methods:
as a sluggish injection right into a vein, or
as a deep injection into a big muscle.
CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS should solely be given by a health care provider or nurse.
CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS shouldn’t be combined or administered with calcium-containing options,
even through completely different infusion traces.
Your physician will resolve what dose and the way lengthy you’ll obtain CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS
for. This may rely in your an infection and different elements, resembling your weight. For
most infections, CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS is often given as soon as a day. The size of therapy
is often 4-14 days.
Typically a single dose of CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS is required for the therapy and prevention
of sure infections.
If an excessive amount of CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS is given, chances are you’ll expertise signs resembling pores and skin
reactions, chills, diarrhoea, abdomen upsets, headache or dizziness.
When you are utilizing CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS
Issues you should do
If the signs of your an infection don’t enhance inside just a few days, or in the event that they turn into
worse, inform your physician.
Should you get extreme diarrhoea, inform your physician, pharmacist or nurse instantly. Do
this even when it happens a number of weeks after CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS has been stopped.
Diarrhoea might imply that you’ve got a critical situation affecting your bowel. You might
want pressing medical care. Don’t take any diarrhoea medication with out first checking
together with your physician.
Should you get a sore or furry white mouth or tongue whereas utilizing or quickly after stopping
CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS, inform your physician. Additionally inform your physician when you get vaginal itching
or discharge.
This will likely imply you have got a fungal an infection known as thrush. Typically the usage of CEFTRIAXONE
VIATRIS permits fungi to develop and the above signs can happen. CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS
doesn’t work in opposition to fungi.
Should you turn into pregnant when you are utilizing CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS, inform your physician instantly.
In case you are about to start out taking any new medication, inform your physician and pharmacist
that you’re utilizing CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS.
If it’s important to check your urine for sugar when you are being given CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS,
ensure your physician is aware of which kind of check you employ.
CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS might have an effect on the outcomes of a few of these assessments.
If in case you have any blood assessments, inform your physician you’re being given CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS.
Full blood counts must be completed at common intervals as CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS might
have an effect on the outcomes of some blood assessments.
Inform all of the medical doctors, dentists and pharmacists who’re treating you that you’re utilizing
CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS.
Issues you should not do
Don’t give CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS to anybody else even when they appear to have the identical
situation as you.
Don’t use CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS to deal with different complaints until your physician says to.
Issues to watch out of
Watch out driving or working equipment till you understand how CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS impacts
you.
CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS usually doesn’t trigger any issues together with your skill to drive
or function equipment. Nonetheless, as with many different medicines, CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS might
trigger dizziness in some individuals.
Storage
CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS will likely be saved within the pharmacy or on the ward.
The powder for injection is stored in its unique container in a cool, dry place protected
from mild and moisture, the place the temperature stays under 25 °C.
The reconstituted resolution must be used instantly, but when obligatory, might be stored
in a fridge between 2 °C and eight °C for no more than 24 hours after mixing. Do
not freeze.
Unwanted side effects
Inform your physician, nurse or pharmacist as quickly as attainable if you don’t really feel nicely
when you are receiving CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS.
As with all prescription medicines, it’s attainable that CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS will trigger
you to expertise some undesirable unwanted side effects. Typically they’re critical, most of
the time they don’t seem to be. You might want medical therapy when you get a number of the facet
results.
Ask your physician to reply any questions you will have.
Don’t be alarmed by the next checklist of unwanted side effects.
You might not expertise any of them.
Whereas utilizing CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS
Inform your physician or nurse when you discover any of the next and so they fear you:
oral thrush – white, furry, sore tongue and mouth
vaginal thrush – sore and itchy vagina typically with a white discharge
a tough lump, swelling, ache or tenderness on the injection website
diarrhoea, feeling sick, vomiting
headache or dizziness
style disturbances
quick or irregular coronary heart beat.
These unwanted side effects are often gentle.
Inform your physician as quickly as attainable when you discover any of the next:
extreme pores and skin rash, itching or hives
purple, blistering, peeling or flaking of the pores and skin
swelling of the face, lips, mouth or throat which can trigger issue in swallowing
or respiratory, swelling of the arms, ft or ankles
tiredness, complications, being wanting breath when exercising, dizziness, wanting pale
and yellowing of the pores and skin and/or eyes
extreme diarrhoea (that will comprise blood and mucous), abdomen ache, and fever
The above checklist contains critical unwanted side effects that will require medical consideration. Severe
unwanted side effects are uncommon. After ending CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS
Inform your physician instantly when you discover any of the next unwanted side effects, even
in the event that they happen a number of weeks after stopping therapy with CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS:
extreme belly cramps or abdomen cramps
watery and extreme diarrhoea, which can even be bloody
fever, together with one or each of the above.
These are uncommon however critical unwanted side effects. You’ll have a critical situation affecting
your bowel. You might want pressing medical consideration. Nonetheless, these unwanted side effects are
uncommon.
Don’t take any diarrhoea medication with out first checking together with your physician.
Different attainable unwanted side effects might embrace:
issues with gallbladder and/or liver which can trigger ache, nausea, vomiting, yellowing
of the pores and skin, itching, unusually darkish urine, and clay-coloured stools
Remedy with CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS, notably in aged sufferers with critical
kidney or nervous system issues might hardly ever trigger consciousness, irregular actions,
agitation and convulsions.
Different unwanted side effects not listed above may happen in some sufferers.
Inform your physician when you discover the rest that’s making you are feeling unwell.
Overdosage of the drugs
As your dose of CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS will likely be decided and administered by a medical
specialist, the prospect of receiving an overdose is very unlikely. Nonetheless, if an overdose
must be given, your specialist will give the suitable therapy.
Product description
What it appears like
CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS is a white to barely yellow powder, which will likely be reconstituted
earlier than being injected.
CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS is offered in packs 5 or 10 vials (1000 mg and 2000 mg).
Components
Every vial accommodates 1000 mg or 2000 mg of ceftriaxone, because the sodium salt.
Provider
CEFTRIAXONE VIATRIS is provided in Australia by:
Alphapharm Pty Ltd buying and selling as Viatris
Degree 1, 30 The Bond
30-34 Hickson Highway
Millers Level NSW 2000
www.viatris.com.au
Cellphone: 1800 274 276
This leaflet was ready in
August 2022.
Australian registration numbers:
AUST R 164920
AUST R 164917
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